//! This example shows how to use the ECS and the [`AsyncComputeTaskPool`] //! to spawn, poll, and complete tasks across systems and system ticks. use bevy::{ ecs::system::SystemState, ecs::world::CommandQueue, prelude::*, tasks::{block_on, futures_lite::future, AsyncComputeTaskPool, Task}, }; use rand::Rng; use std::time::Duration; fn main() { App::new() .add_plugins(DefaultPlugins) .add_systems(Startup, (setup_env, add_assets, spawn_tasks)) .add_systems(Update, handle_tasks) .run(); } // Number of cubes to spawn across the x, y, and z axis const NUM_CUBES: u32 = 6; #[derive(Resource, Deref)] struct BoxMeshHandle(Handle); #[derive(Resource, Deref)] struct BoxMaterialHandle(Handle); /// Startup system which runs only once and generates our Box Mesh /// and Box Material assets, adds them to their respective Asset /// Resources, and stores their handles as resources so we can access /// them later when we're ready to render our Boxes fn add_assets( mut commands: Commands, mut meshes: ResMut>, mut materials: ResMut>, ) { let box_mesh_handle = meshes.add(Cuboid::new(0.25, 0.25, 0.25)); commands.insert_resource(BoxMeshHandle(box_mesh_handle)); let box_material_handle = materials.add(Color::srgb(1.0, 0.2, 0.3)); commands.insert_resource(BoxMaterialHandle(box_material_handle)); } #[derive(Component)] struct ComputeTransform(Task); /// This system generates tasks simulating computationally intensive /// work that potentially spans multiple frames/ticks. A separate /// system, [`handle_tasks`], will poll the spawned tasks on subsequent /// frames/ticks, and use the results to spawn cubes fn spawn_tasks(mut commands: Commands) { let thread_pool = AsyncComputeTaskPool::get(); for x in 0..NUM_CUBES { for y in 0..NUM_CUBES { for z in 0..NUM_CUBES { // Spawn new task on the AsyncComputeTaskPool; the task will be // executed in the background, and the Task future returned by // spawn() can be used to poll for the result let entity = commands.spawn_empty().id(); let task = thread_pool.spawn(async move { let duration = Duration::from_secs_f32(rand::thread_rng().gen_range(0.05..5.0)); // Pretend this is a time-intensive function. :) async_std::task::sleep(duration).await; // Such hard work, all done! let transform = Transform::from_xyz(x as f32, y as f32, z as f32); let mut command_queue = CommandQueue::default(); // we use a raw command queue to pass a FnOnce(&mut World) back to be // applied in a deferred manner. command_queue.push(move |world: &mut World| { let (box_mesh_handle, box_material_handle) = { let mut system_state = SystemState::<( Res, Res, )>::new(world); let (box_mesh_handle, box_material_handle) = system_state.get_mut(world); (box_mesh_handle.clone(), box_material_handle.clone()) }; world .entity_mut(entity) // Add our new PbrBundle of components to our tagged entity .insert(PbrBundle { mesh: box_mesh_handle, material: box_material_handle, transform, ..default() }) // Task is complete, so remove task component from entity .remove::(); }); command_queue }); // Spawn new entity and add our new task as a component commands.entity(entity).insert(ComputeTransform(task)); } } } } /// This system queries for entities that have our Task component. It polls the /// tasks to see if they're complete. If the task is complete it takes the result, adds a /// new [`PbrBundle`] of components to the entity using the result from the task's work, and /// removes the task component from the entity. fn handle_tasks(mut commands: Commands, mut transform_tasks: Query<&mut ComputeTransform>) { for mut task in &mut transform_tasks { if let Some(mut commands_queue) = block_on(future::poll_once(&mut task.0)) { // append the returned command queue to have it execute later commands.append(&mut commands_queue); } } } /// This system is only used to setup light and camera for the environment fn setup_env(mut commands: Commands) { // Used to center camera on spawned cubes let offset = if NUM_CUBES % 2 == 0 { (NUM_CUBES / 2) as f32 - 0.5 } else { (NUM_CUBES / 2) as f32 }; // lights commands.spawn(PointLightBundle { transform: Transform::from_xyz(4.0, 12.0, 15.0), ..default() }); // camera commands.spawn(Camera3dBundle { transform: Transform::from_xyz(offset, offset, 15.0) .looking_at(Vec3::new(offset, offset, 0.0), Vec3::Y), ..default() }); }